Member of the Month

je_t.aime_canard
January, 2025

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Republican takes Ted Kennedys Senate Seat

profile picture
MC_POUTINE
Posts: 1380 - Karma: 112
The people keep bouncing back between parties without thinking to change the system.

peace out health reform
Jan 19 2010 10:38PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
right. because that vote was super secret. NO ONE knew it was happening. for fucks sake... are you really that blind?
Jan 20 2010 6:39PM
0 0
profile picture
skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
no one is stopping you from going and donating whatever sum of money you wish to any number of fine humanitarian charities.
Jan 20 2010 6:39PM
0 0
profile picture
Arabian.
Posts: 9671 - Karma: 482
An intelligent response to your unintelligent claim?

You're completely retarded when it comes to politics. You have no idea what you're talking about, and you should just refrain from posting. It shows how much of a lax bro you really are.
Jan 20 2010 6:41PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
When was the last time you saw anything "get done" in this country though?
Jan 20 2010 6:41PM
0 0
profile picture
Lax_Bro40
Posts: 5166 - Karma: 18
Wrong.

1. You are taxing them more.

2. When i was a sophomore in HS (about 4 years ago) i went to whistler for HN. I hurt myself pretty badly on the trampolines and have had back problems ever since. Recently, they have been getting worse. If i dont get an MRI soon, and this bill passes, i may have to wait months before i get one because it is not life threatening.


So lets say the bill passes, i still havent gotten my MRI but sign up for it post passing of the bill. I have to wait (ill go on the small side here) 2 months before i get it. I am skiing 2 weeks later get hit by a stupid gayper from jersey and am now paralyzed from the waist down. Please tell me why thats ok.
Jan 20 2010 6:41PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
realistically, you are probably going to be waiting for a while anyways.

i just dislocated my collarbone, and i had to scratch and claw to manage to get an appointment with an orthopedist, or i would have been waiting forever.


not to mention the fact that in both of these cases, were talking about pretty specialized care, not the basic coverage that the uninsured actually need.
Jan 20 2010 6:44PM
0 0
profile picture
skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
ahh ben.

have we not gone over this before? this number is TERRIBLY misleading.

take out illegals. there goes 6 odd million

"About 43% of uninsured nonelderly adults have incomes greater than 2.5 times the poverty level, according to a report released Tuesday by the business-backed Employment Policies Institute."

not to mention the number of people that qualify for some sort of government handout, but dont take the action to get it.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579852347944191.html

Jan 20 2010 6:45PM
0 0
profile picture
pmw
Posts: 5760 - Karma: 831
did i ever say it was a secret? one would question who the blind one really is
Jan 20 2010 6:45PM
0 0
profile picture
Lax_Bro40
Posts: 5166 - Karma: 18
once again another ignorant response from a 17 year old kid. Name calling with no factual evidence to back up your claim. Thanks for trying, BRO
Jan 20 2010 6:45PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
are illegals not included? (this is a legit question, i dont think they are)


as for the 2.5 time the poverty level, who cares? if anything this is more of a point of how absurdly overpriced and difficult to get healthcare is, that you can be at 2.5 times higher than the poverty level and still not afford health care. so its 40 million people, the point still stands.


and your last point is rather lacking in the numbers department. sure there probably are some, but lets not speculate unless we have numbers
Jan 20 2010 6:48PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Click for larger image
IOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM.....
Jan 20 2010 6:52PM
0 0
profile picture
prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
That panda did not exist until you saw that picture
Jan 20 2010 6:55PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
yes you did. why else would you bring up the midnight vote? what other relevance does it have besides
OMG THEY ARE TRYING TO SNEAK PAST HEALTCHARE!!!

are they trying to pass it quickly? of course they are! so that the fear mongering cunt bags who find it necessary to say things like "OBAMAS GONNA KILL YOUR GRANDMOTHER" cant fuck it up. but they still did.
Jan 20 2010 6:55PM
0 0
profile picture
WILCOX
Posts: 1259 - Karma: 108
SO stoked
Jan 20 2010 6:56PM
0 0
profile picture
exile_ch
Posts: 715 - Karma: 609
I see what you did there...
Jan 20 2010 7:12PM
0 0
profile picture
pmw
Posts: 5760 - Karma: 831
that is the shittiest argument i have ever seen, besides jenny's in the sexism thread. my god

and no, i did not call it a super duper secret vote, fuck face.

they always say check the date a car was built, if it was on a monday or friday, do not buy it because so many times workers are not completely there

if you need to take a test at midnight on christmas eve, are you going to put in the same amount of effort that you would have if it was on a wednesday, and you have no great incentive or desire to get home?
Jan 20 2010 7:14PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
.... facepalm.

i mean honestly....
Jan 20 2010 7:16PM
0 0
profile picture
pmw
Posts: 5760 - Karma: 831
because you make a much more valid argument

i also do not understand why your being such an offensive asshole, when my initial comment could not have been less harmless.
Jan 20 2010 7:17PM
0 0
profile picture
Cow_Jibber
Posts: 382 - Karma: 103
bottom line, no healthcare system will ever be perfect... why argue... I am kinda pissed at the democratic candidate who thought it's be a cake walk cuz she could coast on the legacy of the Kennedy name and the liberal population of Massachusettes.
Jan 20 2010 7:18PM
0 0
profile picture
ski@jaypeak2
Posts: 2805 - Karma: 470
So you hurt yourself at a ridiculously expensive summer camp 4 years ago.  You have not had an MRI yet by choice.  Now you are angry that it may take months before you get your MRI?  Good!  You waited 4 fucking years now all of a sudden everyone should drop what they are doing to give you an MRI because you hurt yourself in an extreme sports camp.

And according to my calculations and the fact you went to High North, i will assume you are a sophmore in college, not paying taxes?  Am i right bro?  am i right?
Jan 20 2010 7:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
If he has ever worked he has paid taxes.........
Jan 20 2010 7:30PM
0 0
profile picture
ski@jaypeak2
Posts: 2805 - Karma: 470
and if he is a student still living at home in the summer you get almost all of it back in tax returns
Jan 20 2010 7:40PM
0 0
profile picture
skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
you then have 7% taken for SS (im not planning on seeing it)

Medicare

not to mention some states have state income taxes ontop of federal income taxes. although you are correct, chances are he gets most, if not all of that back.

IDK where you live, but in MN we have a 7% sales tax. (we even added to that to build a baseball stadium) (idiots).

dont forget the "user fee" taxes. (i dont have as much a problem with these) take for example its going to cost me $40 to keep my car on the road this year, and thats only because i dont need new plates. (and my car is 10 years old)
Jan 20 2010 7:46PM
0 0
profile picture
prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
ITS NOT 7% ITS NOW LIKE 7.23% WHERE IM AT, NOT EVEN SCHRODINGERS CAT CAN HIDE THAT RETARDED TAX ARGH
Jan 20 2010 7:47PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
pshh. Chicago. 10.75% i believe. i know its above 10
Jan 20 2010 7:48PM
0 0
profile picture
skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
are you in hennipen county dan? the property taxes are atrocious too...

(im gonna have to go read that time is not real thread:)
Jan 20 2010 7:53PM
0 0
profile picture
prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
I used to live in palatine/Schaumburg (cant spell them idgaf). Id pay those taxes ANYDAY for the food and quality of life chicago gives/gave me. minnesota blows a big fat one


but my babby skiminnesota is here so it makes it allllll better
Jan 20 2010 7:55PM
0 0
profile picture
Lax_Bro40
Posts: 5166 - Karma: 18
I have had an MRI, the doctor was from India and spoke terrible english and did not comprehend my injury. He said there was nothing wrong. He is wrong, if i sit in a certain position i get excrucating pain through my back and parts of my body start to tingle. So your first claim has been disproved


And you must be extremely illiterate, please find the previously quoted post were i said I WAS BEING TAXED. i believe i said they, BRO.
Jan 20 2010 7:55PM
0 0
profile picture
ski@jaypeak2
Posts: 2805 - Karma: 470
But like they say, the only to things guaranteed in life are death and taxes.

Unless your living off the grid and devoid of interaction with anything public spaces you gotta pay the piper.  (You also should not get defense from public police force or national defense)

Im not trying to argue taxes but this was a pretty big election and i grew up in MA, went to high school there, but have been living in VT for the last 8 years.  I couldnt vote in the election but i have some pretty hard feelings about the outcome.  Mainly because my facebook has been filled by stupid comments from asshats that barely graduated HS and still live in my hometown. 

My final .02,  The main issues i oppose Scott Browns stance are marijuana legalization, abortion rights, and healthcare. 
Jan 20 2010 7:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
skokie for me. but now im at school in montana, so i go from no sales tax, to the highest sales tax in the nation. its very annoying when it comes to doing mental math in stores hahaha
Jan 20 2010 7:56PM
0 0
profile picture
prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
dakota county, but i buy most stuff around hennipen.

and yes, property is retarded, my parents could pay for a years worth of chicago property taxes, with three months of MN taxes

if that made sense
Jan 20 2010 7:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Arabian.
Posts: 9671 - Karma: 482
HOW THE FUCK AM I IGNORANT? YOU DIDN'T MAKE ONE TRUE CLAIM IN THE ENTIRE POST I QUOTED!!!!!

You want factual evidence for my claim? I refer you to your fucked up post for evidence. You have absolutely no clue how any of this shit works, and somehow you're still allowed to vote. Fuck you, and fuck your bigoted bullshit.
Jan 20 2010 8:36PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Calm down Arabian.


Click for larger image

RDJ commands it.
Jan 20 2010 8:40PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
ew why the fuck is he blond?
Jan 20 2010 8:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
He was blond in Tropic Thunder so maybe this was right after?
Jan 20 2010 9:02PM
0 0
profile picture
Arabian.
Posts: 9671 - Karma: 482
Nevermind. He calms me. You know me too well Panda.
Jan 20 2010 9:05PM
0 0
profile picture
prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
his hair can be any color until the box is opened







man this is starting to become a bad habit
Jan 20 2010 9:05PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
No worries mate.
Jan 20 2010 9:13PM
0 0
profile picture
C-Burg
Posts: 4729 - Karma: 130
what do you mean by change the system
Jan 20 2010 9:16PM
0 0
profile picture
.brian
Posts: 1710 - Karma: 233
brush your teeth mr.panda
Jan 20 2010 9:39PM
0 0
profile picture
skitheslopes
Posts: 864 - Karma: 9
We have a few of those democat types here in Utah. . . a few.

On another note has anyone noticed that states with large rural areas vote conservative. States with densely populated urban area's vote liberal and progressive.

no hate
Jan 20 2010 10:00PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
FASCINATING!!!!

you should be a professor somewhere making discoveries like that.
Jan 20 2010 10:05PM
0 0
profile picture
skitheslopes
Posts: 864 - Karma: 9
^you should eat a dick
Jan 20 2010 10:06PM
0 0
profile picture
Arabian.
Posts: 9671 - Karma: 482
Click for larger image
Jan 20 2010 10:08PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
arabian?



sorry had to ahahahah
Jan 20 2010 10:13PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
You should perhaps look at history or realize it has ALWAYS been like that. Not a huge "OMFG" moment... it has been like that ever since... well, just about ever.
Jan 20 2010 10:15PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
You should perhaps look at history or realize it has ALWAYS been like that. Not a huge "OMFG" moment... it has been like that ever since... well, just about ever.
Jan 20 2010 10:16PM
0 0
profile picture
Arabian.
Posts: 9671 - Karma: 482
huh?
Jan 20 2010 10:17PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
nvm...
Jan 20 2010 10:21PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
He wants the threesome to become a pentasome.....
Jan 20 2010 10:29PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)